The European Parliament adopted a resolution which approved some of the amendments in the report drafted by Karin SCHEELE (PES, Austria), and left unchanged the Council's threshold of 0.9% for each ingredient Those amendments adopted include the following:
- Parliament deleted the clause relating to exemption from Directive 2001/18/EC;
- operators must avoid the unintended presence of GMO in other products. Member States may take appropriate measures to avoid the unintended presence of GMO in other products. The Commission must develop guidelines on the co-existence f GM, conventional and organic crops and make the necessary amendments to Directive 2001/18/EC;
- the definition of "placing on the market" is modified".�